To think there needs to be a word between accident and deliberate?

[pumpandthump]

Like careless but...more?

DH has broken something of mine which can't be replaced. It was deliberate as he didn't set out to break it, but nor was it an accident as whilst fairly unlikely, it could have been predicted.

I'm just angry at him and he thinks it's unjust as "it was accident".

It WASN'T deliberate.

Carelessness?

Recklessness

There is: negligent.

Recklessnesz

Or recklessness even!

accidentally on purpose

yes negligence

Thank you. This is making me feel better!

Happens with my husband...I say "I know you didn't intend to break it, but I'm allowed to be upset that it's broken"

Agree that reckless is the word needed.

Degrees of culpability.

If a driver who is alert and concentrating on the road, driving a well serviced vehicle below the speed limit, hits a pedestrian who crosses the road without looking, then this is a non-culpable accident.

If a driver habitually drives drunk knowing that drink impairs his ability to drive and hits a pedestrian on a zebra crossing then this is a culpable accident.

There are degrees of culpability depending on the particulars, e.g. how foreseeable the consequences of an action might be.

Fuckwittedness?

Unintentional

Booboostwo I like those examples as two extreme ends of the spectrum.

Husband starts kicking a ball round the living room - ball knocks vase off shelf and breaks it - reckless.

Husband picks up vase to look for something behind it, then puts it back hanging half off the shelf so it falls off and breaks - negligence.

Different subsets of carelessness.

Inadvertent also works as an in between word, but I agree reckless works in this instance

Foreseeable fuckwittedness?

What did he break? I actually think the word may be dependent on the level of hurt caused. He doesn't sound that nice, tbh.

Negligent has the precise meaning you want. Not intentional harm, but clearly could have been predicted and thereby avoided.

If it could have been predicted then it was an Accident waiting to happen.

If he didn't think through what he was doing then he was either careless or reckless.

Accidently on purpose. If he intended to break it.

@pumpandthump

Sorry I don't get it. Are you saying he broke it on purpose?

Or accidentally?

Preventable accident- ie use your common sense.

Wilful negligence

Perhaps he was careless but it does sound like an accident to me. You aren’t able to accept that word at the moment because you’re upset about the thing you’ve lost - understandable.

Foreseeable